knife

Messer

Ein Werkzeug mit Griff und scharfer Kante zum Schneiden.

In einfachem Englisch: A tool with a handle and a sharp edge, used for cutting things.

• Use a knife to cut the bread.
• These knives need sharpening.
• She put down her knife and fork.

Häufige Wendungen: sharp knife, kitchen knife, knife and fork, putty knife

Schneidmesser, Messer

Ein scharfes Teil einer Maschine, das Material schneidet.

In einfachem Englisch: A sharp part of a machine that cuts material.

• The machine needs a new knife.
• These knives cut the wood into small pieces.
• Switch off the chipper before replacing its knife.

Synonyme: blade, cutter

Häufige Wendungen: chipper knife, rotating knife, knife blade

niederstechen, erstechen

Jemanden angreifen, indem man ihm eine scharfe Klinge in den Körper stößt.

In einfachem Englisch: To attack someone by pushing a sharp blade into their body.

• Someone knifed him outside the club.
• The victim was knifed in the back.
• Police arrested the man who had knifed two people.

Synonyme: stab

Häufige Wendungen: knife someone, knife someone repeatedly, knife someone fatally

durchschneiden

Sich schnell und mühelos durch etwas bewegen, wie eine scharfe Klinge.

In einfachem Englisch: To move quickly and smoothly through something, as a sharp blade would.

• The boat knifed through the water.
• Cold wind knifed through his thin coat.
• Her sharp voice knifed through the silence.

So benutzt man es: knife through something (The boat knifed through the waves.)

Synonyme: slice, cut

Häufige Wendungen: knife through something, knife through water